SKETCHES OF COURT: Jury favors plaintiff in bridge-approach traffic trial
In this courtroom sketch, Hon. David Vaughan listens as attorney David Chustek (standing), of the law firm James G. Bilello Associates, cross examines the plaintiff in the motor vehicle accident trial Campbell v. Shu.
A low-speed impact occurred in March 2013 in the turning lane onto the Manhattan Bridge from the southbound Bowery and the intersection of Canal Street in Manhattan. Lane traffic is regulated by a left-turn indicator light.
Defendant Alex Shu, represented by Chustek, was behind the wheel of a vehicle that was stopped at the front of the lane waiting for the light. Campbell, represented by Stanislav Ladnik (seated), trial counsel for Louis C. Fiabane, was a passenger in a livery cab driven by co-defendant Lubyah Ram, represented by A. Lorenzo Bryan (at right) of the law firm Baker, McEvoy, Morrissey & Moskovits. The plaintiff Joycelyn Gill-Campbell 61 years old at the time, was injured when her cab impacted Shu’s vehicle. While both cars were able to be driven away, Campbell was removed via stretcher to an ambulance.